title: Birth rites: redefining the visual language of birth.
abstract: This article provides a review of a Birth Rites organisation event to launch its new website and art competition. Birth Rites is the first and only collection of contemporary artwork dedicated to the subject of childbirth. The collection aims to redefine visual language in contemporary art around the subject of birth, making women the protagonists, with more choice and a greater understanding of the process. The organisation was founded by two women, Phoebe Mortimer and curator Helen Knowles.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing & Midwifery, University of Salford.
authors.forename: Elaine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Uppal
mesh_terms: D001154:Art; D002562:Ceremonial Behavior; D004954:Esthetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D036801:Parturition; D011247:Pregnancy; D012938:Social Perception; D006113:United Kingdom